Brainology - 0 views
Brainology SCHOOL MATTERS Brainology Transforming Students' Motivation to Learn Carol S. Dweck Winter 2008 This is an exciting time for our brains. More and more research is showing th...
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What Does Successful Project Based Learning Look Like - 0 views
The end of the school year presents us with an opportunity for reflection at Envision Schools. We take a final measure of students' progress throughout the school year, celebrate the many Envision ...
Learners not Knowers - 0 views
Learners not Knowers Its interesting that the quote I shared with my students the other day was, "The learners shall inherit the earth, while the knowers will be beautifully equipped to live in a ...
Cultivating a Learning Environment - 0 views
Fill your school(s) with learners. When interviewing prospective teachers, ask "Tell me about something that you have learned lately." "How did you learn it?" "What are you seeking to learn more ab...
Catching Readers Before They Fall an interview with the authors - 0 views
Franki: Pat and Katie, you've both done so much work in learning how best to support struggling readers. Can you share any new learning or thinking you have about this topic? Pat: Sure. I'll go ah...
Perr Review-Peer Pressure-Peer Power - 0 views
Peer review is more than just having students read and comment on each other's papers. The idea of peer review extends into what academics do-to the idea of disciplinarity. We research and write. T...
Evolutionary Lessons for PLC's - 0 views
Evolutionary Lessons for PLC Principals When Theodore Roosevelt lost his final race for the presidency in 1912, he was crushed. A bold and determined man who had conquered in nearly every person...
It's Easy… - 0 views
It's Easy… Which path will you take? Image from http://bit.ly/pASkSU As educators, we are often faced with an opportunity to take the easy road or the hard road. The easy road often works for u...
I wonder… - 0 views
I wonder… About ten years ago I slowly stopped giving my kids very sequential directions. About five years ago I stopped giving rubrics. And in the past few years, with some classes, towards the...
Sixteen Qualities Of a Good Teacher - 0 views
Sixteen Qualities Of A Good Teacher Photo by Moving Mountains Trust Good teachers are rare, and few people, including school administrators who hire teachers, know what it takes to be one. Altho...
Extra Credit - 0 views
I remember being surprised when I first read the results of a survey on extra credit published some years ago in Teaching of Psychology. Almost 20% of the 145 faculty (across disciplines) reported ...
Approximations - 0 views
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. Albert Einstein As my son Jamin starts high school, he has new...
The Medium Is the Medium - 0 views
The Medium Is the Medium Recently, book publishers got some good news. Researchers gave 852 disadvantaged students 12 books (of their own choosing) to take home at the end of the school year. They...
Disrupting Class - 0 views
When students learn through student-centric online technology, assessment need not be postponed until the end of an instructional module and then administered in batch mode. Rather, we can verify ...
Digital Mentor Texts - 0 views
Over the last few years, I have been doing a lot of thinking around the idea of Digital Mentor Texts. I believe strongly in Reading and Writing Workshops to move all students forward in literacy. ...
A Strategy Lesson for "Drive-Thru" Readers - 0 views
http://www.choiceliteracy.com A Strategy Lesson for "Drive-Thru" Readers Aimee Buckner Early in the year, like many teachers across the country, I work diligently to teach and reteach my students...
Children Who Can Read, But Don't - Tips for Parents - 0 views
Children Who Can Read, But Don't.. Studies show what common sense tells us: the more kids read, the better they read and the more pleasure they get out of reading. Unfortunately, the reverse also...
First Weeks- Picture Books About Books: Young Learners and Reading Identity - 0 views
Katie DiCesare In the first few weeks of school, I am attempting to understand a whole new class as individual readers (yikes!). I am trying to discover where, when, why, and what they like to rea...
Interventions for Co - 0 views
Interventions for Comprehension - Details: Skill- Comprehension: Details Intervention - Visualizing Source or adapted from - "Strategies That Work" by Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis Mat...
The 6 Best Online Writing Resources - 0 views
The 6 Best Online Writing Resources for Teachers Teaching writing can be a fun and creative experience, but it can also be difficult to keep up with 30 different students who are each working on t...